Jose Andres, who hosts “Made in Spain” on PBS, showed this great tip - about grating tomatoes!

Using a big bowl, place a regular old box grater in the middle. Simply slice in half your clean, ripe tomatoes. Against the side of the grater with the largest holes, simply rub the fleshy side of the fruit - yes, tomatoes are technically a fruit - up and down until they dissipate.

When you accomplish this task, you’ll have pure tomato pulp in the center of the box (a few seeds, but most will not be noticeable), skin in your hand (throw that away, unless you’re making a stock soon), and a pool of juice in the bowl that you can use to drink in anyway that pleases you (Bloody Mary’s come to mind…)

I don’t know about you, but I can only use so many tomatoes in salads and salsa or BLT's – actually, if you have an over-abundance in your garden, use this technique and freeze the pulp in a heavy duty storage bag (squeezing any excess air out!). Then you can make your rich pasta sauces throughout the rest of the year, using FRESH tomatoes!